As far as I can tell there are only 3 new weapons in Halo 5:
- Hydra Launcher
- Splinter Turret - Promethean Turret
- Plasma Caster
This seems to be a very short list as compared to Halo 4 or am I missing something?
Edit: limited was a bad word to use.
Edit: 4. Promethean DMR (I don’t know the official name) - is the Light rifle from 4 just tweaked so not new.
New weapons are weapons that did not exist in previous game. The modifications to the existing weapons from the previous games do not count as new since those are tweaks by the developer to existing weapons to make them work the way they intend them to work.
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The Light Rifle? It was in Halo 4.
Many of the weapons have been modified for balance, so they aren’t like their old versions. There isn’t a big focus on new weapons, but the REQ system offers hundreds of variants which are quite different from base weapons.
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IE- Boltshot is now tracking
What is “limited” supposed to mean in this context?
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That was a burst weapon this fires a single shot or did they change that?
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> What is “limited” supposed to mean in this context?
Lacking new weapons as compared to the Halo 2, Halo 3, Halo 4 they all introduced more weapons I think but I could be wrong.
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In Halo 4 it was a burst while zoomed out and a single shot when zoomed in.
The plasma caster sucks so hard in PvP it takes to long to charge and the travels about 1 mph so you can just walk out of it as its coming at you seems very pointless.
There is only one map, I think, that has the Energy Sword in all of Arena and Slayer. Kind of ridiculous really that they would remove that.
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Correct. That is my top used weapon in H4. 
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Thanks for the clarification. I thought introducing a new DMR type would have been nice since I love the DMR.
it seems like the LR is a faster firing but less damage single shot when fired from hip, but slower firerate and higher damage when zoomed in
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New weapon… mechanics? Done. Models? Because we have that too.
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Unclear on what you mean. Did you mean to say some of the weapons got tweaked as far as damage and behavior? I know this is true for a Promethean weapons with the tracking.
A new paint job/skin is not a new model unless they have new properties.
New Weapons:
- Plasma Caster
- Hydra
- Splinter Turret
- Rocket Turret (removable)
- Gauss Turret (removable)
The rest of the weapons, specifically Forerunner weapons, have been significantly redesigned. Some of the most signficant may as well be considered new weapons, be it in functionality or in terms of appearance and sound effects, so I’ll list them here:
- Fuel Rod Gun (new reload animation)
- Rocket Launcher (completely new design)
- Scattershot (ADS range increase)
- The Boltshot and Suppressor now track enemies like Needlers, and the Boltshot no longer has a secondary fire mode.
- Binary Rifle (it’s like a mini Splaser)
- Incineration Cannon (must be charged to cause the original cluster explosion)
Basically any variant of any weapon can be considered a new weapon, and noticably so.
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> New Weapons:
> - Plasma Caster
> - Hydra
> - Splinter Turret
> - Rocket Turret (removable)
> - Gauss Turret (removable)
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> The rest of the weapons, specifically Forerunner weapons, have been significantly redesigned. Some of the most signficant may as well be considered new weapons, be it in functionality or in terms of appearance and sound effects, so I’ll list them here:
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> - Fuel Rod Gun (new reload animation)
> - Rocket Launcher (completely new design)
> - Scattershot (ADS range increase)
> - The Boltshot and Suppressor now track enemies like Needlers, and the Boltshot no longer has a secondary fire mode.
> - Binary Rifle (it’s like a mini Splaser)
> - Incineration Cannon (must be charged to cause the original cluster explosion)
> Basically any variant of any weapon can be considered a new weapon, and noticably so.
Redesigning does not count since they had to do that anyways for their new game engine. It is nice and refreshing but I am not giving them credit for new ideas there. The new removable turrets are a nice addition.